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An older adult sits alone with downcast eyes and a hand against his forehead.
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Proverbs 9:7

The Cost of Correcting a Scoffer

Wisdom’s Banquet and Folly’s Hidden Guests · Proverbs 9

Story guide: The adviser’s downcast posture illustrates disgrace from rejected correction; no assault or named encounter is invented.

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7Whoever corrects a scoffer brings disgrace on himself, and whoever rebukes a wicked man incurs a blemish.

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